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*†=~,,,,,, ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ,,,,,,~=†*
¤*†=~,,,,, LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ,,,,,~=†*¤
§¤*†=~,,,, OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ,,,,~=†*¤§
@§¤*†=~,,, ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ,,,~=†*¤§@
#@§¤*†=~,, BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ,,~=†*¤§@#
##@§¤*†=~, SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ,~=†*¤§@##
#@§¤*†=~,, INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ,,~=†*¤§@#
@§¤*†=~,,, ANTENNA ARRAYS ,,,~=†*¤§@
§¤*†=~,,,, WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ,,,,~=†*¤§
¤*†=~,,,,, DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ,,,,,~=†*¤
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†=~,,,,,,, WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE ,,,,,,,~=†
*†=~,,,,,, SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ,,,,,,~=†*
¤*†=~,,,,, PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ,,,,,~=†*¤
§¤*†=~,,,, GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ,,,,~=†*¤§
@§¤*†=~,,, AND =OUR= LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ,,,~=†*¤§@
#@§¤*†=~,, GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ,,~=†*¤§@#
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#@§¤*†=~,, AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ,,~=†*¤§@#
@§¤*†=~,,, VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ,,,~=†*¤§@
§¤*†=~,,,, CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ,,,,~=†*¤§
¤*†=~,,,,, THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ,,,,,~=†*¤
*†=~,,,,,, AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ,,,,,,~=†*
†=~,,,,,,, AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ,,,,,,,~=†
*†=~,,,,,, HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ,,,,,,~=†*
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§¤*†=~,,,, AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ,,,,~=†*¤§
@§¤*†=~,,, (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ,,,~=†*¤§@
#@§¤*†=~,, RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ,,~=†*¤§@#
##@§¤*†=~, AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ,~=†*¤§@##
#@§¤*†=~,, MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ,,~=†*¤§@#
@§¤*†=~,,, DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ,,,~=†*¤§@
§¤*†=~,,,, COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ,,,,~=†*¤§
¤*†=~,,,,, FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ,,,,,~=†*¤
*†=~,,,,,, BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ,,,,,,~=†*
†=~,,,,,,, DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ,,,,,,,~=†
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¤*†=~,,,,, NO , ONE , HAS , ANSWERED ,,,,,~=†*¤
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@§¤*†=~,,, SO WHY IS THAT? ,,,~=†*¤§@
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¤*†=~,,,,, MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ,,,,,~=†*¤
*†=~,,,,,, THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ,,,,,,~=†*
†=~,,,,,,, A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ,,,,,,,~=†
*†=~,,,,,, PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ,,,,,,~=†*
¤*†=~,,,,, DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ,,,,,~=†*¤
§¤*†=~,,,, HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ,,,,~=†*¤§
@§¤*†=~,,, ,,,~=†*¤§@
#@§¤*†=~,, BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ,,~=†*¤§@#
##@§¤*†=~, DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ,~=†*¤§@##
#@§¤*†=~,, ,,~=†*¤§@#
@§¤*†=~,,, I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ,,,~=†*¤§@
§¤*†=~,,,, IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ,,,,~=†*¤§
¤*†=~,,,,, SHOWS) ,,,,,~=†*¤
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@§¤*†=~,,, I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ,,,~=†*¤§@
#@§¤*†=~,, THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ,,~=†*¤§@#
##@§¤*†=~, FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ,~=†*¤§@##
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